Frank Answers Fridays: Expanded Championship Qualification

[MARS_James]

Originally Posted by Justin Montois

I'm not sure why a FIRST-wide points system based on the standard district model points system wouldn't work....

Top 600 teams in the world go to champs.

Because of Chairman's, Engineering Inspiration, and Rookie All Star, plus it would mean waiting until the last possible week for all 600 teams to make their plans to go to Champs.

EDIT: Though if that idea would have been applied last year Florida would have been represented by 180, 179, 744*, 1592, 1251*, 108, 79, and 233*, meaning 1902, 3932, 4013, 5145 and 5196 wouldn't have made it (All who won the awards above except 3932 who was the last pick of the South Florida Winning Alliance)

*-did not qualify